Last Updated, 6:50 p.m. | As the deadly clashes in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, continued late Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of people followed the violence as it unfolded, watching a live YouTube video stream from the besieged protest camp provided by the local website Espreso.tv, and reading Twitter updates from reporters and activists in Independence Square.

Andrea Mitchell reported that “@VP Biden called Ukraine president urged pulling back govt forces and maximum restraint as kiev burns more,” via Twitter, which is how the news is breaking, everything reported in real time on social media.